By Chrysanthus Ikeh
Ahead the World’s biggest boxing bout, American professional boxer, Floyd Mayweather has branded his bitter rival, Manny Pacquiao as a very reckless boxer who makes a lot of mistakes.
Speaking in a recent interview with Mlive, the undefeated champion said, ‘I got here somehow, some way. He’s a solid competitor, but very reckless, and he makes a lot of mistakes.’
Floyd Mayweather could be capitalizing on the flaws of Manny Pacquiao when they face each other in richest boxing fight on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
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Manny Pacquiao will win the May 2nd Fight Easily:
Floyd Mayweather claimed edge is that he has never lost. I submit that the reason he has never lost is because of the boxers he has allowed to fight him. On average, all the boxers that have fought Floyd Mayweather have collectively had a 17% career connect rate. So first of all understand Floyd Mayweather has won so many fights for two reasons: His opponents have been 90% right handers and they have a low connect rate, because Pretty Boy Floyd doesn’t like to get hit.
Mayweather has a 46% career connect rate. He throws far less punches, likely 100 to 120 over 12 rounds, but his punches are more accurate so he gets a much higher percentage of punches to land. Mayweather has slowed down. In Mayweather’s first fight against Marcos Maidana, Maidana threw 858 punches, landing 221 at a 25% connect rate. By the end of that fight, Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather did not look so pretty: A broken lip and one eye all swollen up but Mayweather still won by a decision.
Pacquiao is a far different animal than Floyd Mayweather has ever fought. Pacquiao throws more punches and has a much higher connect rate. Pacquaio attempted 1420 punches in his last two fights against Timothy Bradley and Chris Algieri. Expect in the Mayweather that Pacquiao will attempt likely more punches and more combinations. Let’s say a total of 1500 punches or more. Pacquiao’s career connect rate is 29% – Yes, lower than Floyd’s but – this means Pretty Boy Floyd is likely to get hit by 435 landed punches to Mayweather likely 120 connected punches against Pacquiao over 12 rounds.
Consequently, Pretty Boy Floyd’s face is going to look really broken up by the end of this twelve round encounter with Pacquiao, while Pacquiao will look just fine. Having connected twice as many times against Mayweather then Maidana, four times more landed punches than Mayweather, and with Mayweather’s face all broken up, the judges will have no choice but to award Pacquiao the decision.
Pacquiao is going to do just fine. When Floyd does his defensive right shoulder role, Pacquiao has to move right to Floyd’s side and throw a left to the side of Floyd’s unprotected face. Floyd either runs or turn’s left to defend. If Floyd turn’s left to face, Pacquiao will hit him with more combinations then we can count. When Floyd tries to set traps along the ropes, hopefully Pacquiao will have the good sense to simply walk to the center of the ring. Floyd’s traps fail.
My background is that of a retired priest, an American living modestly in the Philippines because I don’t have the money to live in the United States, the least of God’s servants. For those of you who have not lived in the Philippines, you have no idea of Manny Pacquiao’s popularity in this country and the love Pacquiao has among Filipinos. His is the success story for every man. Consequently, on May 2nd every single major television network in the Philippines has already scheduled to be carrying the fight live and for free: ABS-CBN, GMA, Channel 5, Channel 23, Fox, Solar Sports, as well as HBO. Nothing like this has ever happened before in the Philippines. This is far bigger event then the Super Bowl. The fight will be televised on a Sunday in the afternoon. The whole country will come to a stop to watch this fight. Nothing like this has ever happened in the United States, but it is happening for Manny Pacquiao here in the Philippines.
As a priest, I tend to look to the spiritual. The scriptures say this, (James 5:14) “The effectual fervent prayers of a righteous man availeth much.” Who will be praying for Pacquiao? Millions. Who will be praying for Mayweather? Nobody. Who will win? “The effectual fervent prayers of a righteous man availeth much.” Maybe saying no prayers for Mayweather is a bit much. Maybe one or two people. A few people will actually be praying for him. But you have to ask yourself, will Mayweather’s former wife whom he domestically beat be praying for him? No. Will his adopted son that Mayweather almost strangled to death be praying for him? No. Who then in his own family will be praying for Money Mayweather? Hardly anyone. How about Pacquiao’s family? No man has shown greater charity or love to his countryman then Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao’s family is a whole nation. “The effectual fervent prayers of a righteous man avialeth much.” When Manny Pacquiao falls to his knees in his corner right before the fight to pray for God’s blessing as he always does, will God hear Manny’s prayer’s and those of the millions also praying for him worldwide? “The effectual fervent prayers of a righteous man avialeth much.” Those prayers will arrive at the throne of God like thunder claps trumpeting within the heavens. What precisely is God’s response. Whose corner will God be in for that fight? Not Mayweather’s.
Manny Pacquiao will not fail. Everything Manny tries that night will simply work amazingly, if not supernaturally. Manny Pacquiao wins and he wins big.
Love, Pastor Burt
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